Yakuza Weapon Blu-ray & DVD (Well Go USA)
I’ll be honest, it’s a bit of a slow week this week but, hey, that gives our wallets a breather. Or maybe you’ll want to snatch up one of the many triple features and Dolph Lundgren double-packs available this week. Either way, here are your Asian and genre movie releases on blu-ray and DVD for the week of 2/7/12:
ASIAN CINEMA
Yakuza Weapon (blu-ray/DVD) – this 2010 film starring Tak Sakaguchi (“Versus”) represents the latest brand of insanity from Japanese production house Sushi Typhoon (“Machine Gun Girl,” “Tokyo Gore Police”)
Miramax Jackie Chan Series V.2 (DVD) – this collection offers the dubbed and edited Miramax cuts of four Jackie Chan films. Unfortunately, even after diligent research we have not been able to figure out what films these are yet! We will update you when we know
Time Traveler: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (DVD) – delayed from 1/24, this 2010 Japanese film is based on the popular anime of the same name
End Call (DVD) – another delay from 1/24 by distributor Asian Crush, this 2008 Japanese horror movie shows what happens when you call the devil’s cellphone number
Lust in Hell (DVD) – delayed from 1/24, this 2009 Japanese horror film is about a woman who can speak with the dead
FOREIGN CINEMA
La Jetee/Sans Soleil (blu-ray) – the Criterion Collection presents two films directed by Chris Marker. “La Jetee” was the source material for Terry Gilliam’s “12 Monkeys”
3 (DVD) – from the director of “Run Lola Run,” this 2010 German-language film offers the story of a marriage on the rocks and the dashing young man who might unite them
The Story of a Love Affair (DVD) – Lorber Films offers a 2-disc special edition of Italian director Michelangelo Antonio’s 1950 film
Karen Cries on the Bus (DVD) – a 2011 Spanish-language film about a woman who one day walks away from everything in her life in search of happiness
Vasermil (DVD) – a 2007 Hebrew language film about young teens and the tension boiling just below the surface of modern day Israel
MAINSTREAM
Anonymous (blu-ray/DVD) – this 2011 film that questions the authorship of Shakespeare’s plays is the latest effort from the king of modern disaster movies, Roland Emmerich
The Sunset Limited (DVD) – this 2011 film is based on a play by “No Country For Old Men” author Cormac McCarthy and features two acting heavyweights in Tommy Lee Jones and Samuel L. Jackson
Dangerous Liasons (blu-ray) – Glenn Close, John Malkovich, and Michelle Pfeiffer star in the 1988 adaptation of Choderlos de Laclos’s novel, now on blu-ray
Action Triple Feature Volume 1 (blu-ray) – what a weird combination. You get the Val Kilmer and Stephen Dorff direct-to-video flick “XIII: The Conspiracy,” Jean Claude Van Damme’s existential masterpiece “JCVD,” and the well-regarded fraternity thriller “The Brotherhood,” all in one set
Action Triple Feature Volume 2 (blu-ray) – every Triple Feature deserves another. Here you receive WWII flick “Spoils of War,” Uwe Boll’s “Bloodrayne: The Third Reich,” and Jean Reno in “Ultimate Heist.” Just don’t ask me how they pick these movies
Miramax Explosive Action Series (DVD) – it’s Dolph Lundgren and Michael Dudikoff together and it’s not even an “Expendables” movie! In this DVD 4-pack you get Dolph in “Hidden Assassin” and “Men of War,” and Dudikoff in “Bounty Hunters” and “Bounty Hunters: Hardball”
INDEPENDENT
Reunion (DVD) – John Cena enters the direct-to-video realm with this 2011 action comedy co-starring Ethan Embry and Amy Smart. The reviews on Amazon are actually rather favorable
Poolboy: Drowning Out the Fury (DVD) – a 2011 low-budget indie action comedy featuring “Hercules” Kevin Sorbo and “Machete” Danny Trejo
ANIMATION
Lady and the Tramp (blu-ray) – the classic 1955 Disney animated feature arrives on blu-ray for the first time
CLASSICS
It’s a Mad Mad Mad World (blu-ray) – the classic 1963 comedy arrives in hi-def for the first time
Casino Royale (blu-ray) – the 1967 James Bond spoof featuring Woody Allen and Orson Welles is now on blu-ray
The Count of Monte Cristo (DVD) – Alexander Dumas’ classic novel is brought to life in this 1934 black-and-white film with a new digital transfer courtesy of Henstooth Video
Ben Hur: 50th Anniversary Edition (blu-ray) – this appears to be the slim case, standard edition blu-ray release of “Ben Hur” as opposed to the massive box set that came out back in September
HORROR
Day of the Dead 3D (blu-ray) – a 3-D reissue of the 2008 remake of George Romero’s film, starring Ving Rhames, Mena Suvari, and Nick Cannon
Deadly Spawn: Millennium Edition (blu-ray) – the beloved 1983 sci-fi/horror B-movie in hi-def from Elite Entertainment
Stormhouse (DVD) – Lionsgate offers this low-budget 2011 horror movie about a supernatural entity that has been captured and imprisoned at a top-secret government facility
Return to Horror High/Return of the Killer Tomatoes (DVD) – how can you pass up on two 80’s horror flicks, both starring George Clooney no less, together on DVD?
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